Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy, Steve Greaves
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M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy

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M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy, Steve Greaves
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M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy

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M51 in L, R G B and Ha Imaged over 6 nights. 30 hrs of data collected, 23hrs selected for image processing. Drizzle integrated with a scale factor of two and then cropped to sensor image dimensions ( 3388 px, 2712px)

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  • M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy, Steve Greaves
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    M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy, Steve Greaves
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B

Description: Reduced luminance as the image on Astrobin is brighter than that in Pixinsight

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C

Description: Image reprocessed and hopefully it looks better!

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M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy, Steve Greaves

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